Weekend Photo Fun October 12 - 14

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Welcome to Weekend Photo Fun

OCTOBER 12 - 14, 2018

All Are Welcome!

Here is an opportunity to showcase any recent project or layout progress.

Please feel free to post any model railroad related photos here — past or present. This is a place to share photos of your layout, equipment or current project.

I am thrilled to be starting Weekend Photo Fun one more time.

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I am going to begin WPF this week with a couple more pictures of boxcar projects. The first one is a boxcar that I built to test another lettering scheme. This one is the test for a double door boxcar. The test model is a normal Athearn #1200 undecorated 40 foot steel boxcar.

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The second boxcar is the actual “production” STRATTON & GILLETTE 40 foot double door automobile boxcar that received this paint scheme. I only plan to have one of these, so it was

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Kevin, thanks for starting us out this weekend, sorry it was such a “pain” to do these two nice looking cars.

Still in the packing and moving mode, so nothing new this week again.

A pair of my Athearn GP9’s with a coal drag pass Leon Lavdas’ NYC GP40’s in a siding on the Strongsville Model Railroad Club Layout.

Thanks for looking!

Rick Jesionowski

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Looking forward to all the weekend items as always.

This week I built a Proto 2000 53’ gondola kit, adding a Chooch wire load. Metal wheelsets were included so painted the wheels & trucks as will be my new standard. The grabs and sill steps are loads of fun! And too fragile, especially the more vulnerble sill steps. Ditto the 2 Tichy cars behind. I have another on hand, so suggestions (or a link to the best thread) are most welcome.

IMG_3005 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr

IMG_3008 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr

I’ll add some photos of the Mt. Washington NH cog railway where we visitied a couple of weeks ago. A fun trip.

IMG_2972 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr

IMG_2951 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr

IMG_2953 by Paul Ahrens, on Flickr

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Kevin … Boxcars look great. Neat lettering.

Rick … I like the GP9’s and GP40’s .

Paul… Thanks for sharing the cog railway photos. Your gons look great.

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It’s that time of the year again …

Another photo … I operated my NP freight F-units a couple of days ago.

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… man, I really need to get something put together…

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Kevin: Thanks for getting things started…Very nice work on the boxcars again!

Rick: Hoping things go smoothly,and you can get back to your excellent modeling soon. Nice shot of the club layout.

Paul: Great looking gon and load. That 1st picture from Mt. Washington looks like it could be someone’s layout.

Garry: Good looking shots from your layout - as usual. Love the Fall scene.

I’m making progress on the roundhouse. Still some scenery,touch-up painting to do. Ed had some terrific looking goose-neck lights on the exterior of his roundhouse - I’m still looking for those in O scale. Finally got the roof done.

Working on my ash dump area. I didn’t have room for another track,so the pit is cleaned by hand shoveling into a dump truck(I hope to finish painting the truck today,weather permitting).I need some O scale walkway/grates,so the hostlers won’t need the step-ladder to clean the fire.

Looking forward to what everyone’s been up to…

Have a good weekend!

Mike

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Thanks Kevin for starting off WPF. Those are some good looking box cars.

Rick - Nice.

Paul - Interesting stuff.

Garry - Cool pics. Love the NP freight units.

Mike - Great photos. Nice layout.

As mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I’ve been working on the radio telephone antennas for my Pennsy FAs. The project had the potential of driving me to drink:

This is the first photo from when I started the project Sept. 23.

Here the .015" wire is threaded through the posts.

The view from the side.

Antennas complete and the loco on the layout.

I’m just a little bit crazy from this project. Probably more so when I do FA 9600.

Keep the photos and ideas coming guys. Thanks to you WPF is always the best thread of the week.

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These are for riogrande5761 to see as well as everyone else. This was made with kits from Great West Models

Neal

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I have a finished F&C Reading low side gondola,

and Henry the CNJ T-32 in action.

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Great stuff this weekend, everyone!

Thanks for getting things started, Kevin.

My “little people” have more choices for dining on the rails this weekend. I’m nearly finished with two of my dining car projects. I fitted Walthers trucks to the cars and had to modify the bolsters.

NKP_DL131 by Edmund, on Flickr

I believe the Diner-Lounge lettering is a little big from what I recall but I didn’t get much of a choice with the Microscale decal set.

NKP_DL131a by Edmund, on Flickr

EL_DinerLounge by Edmund, on Flickr

The folks on the Lake Cities can now get a decent meal, too.

Here’s a before shot:

Diner_NKP-EL by Edmund, on Flickr

Now I have to remember where I put my American Limited diaphragms [:$]

On to more great stuff!

Regards, Ed

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I have been working on a machine shop for the Boothbay Railway Village layout. It will go on the right side grade. The building, a Walthers George Roberts Printing model, was an orphan kit that was donated in falling apart condition; probbably due to use of tube glue. I am kitbashing it to fit an avaiable space. I have just finshed painting the walls, and am showing the front and backside of the front wall.

How long does painting take? I like to let paint layers dry overnight, so here it is day by day. The top floor will be detailed with machine shop equipment, figures and lighting, and the lower floors blank. On the other walls, I could not pop all the windows out, so the first day was spraying Dullcote on the back of the lower floor window glazing. I masked off all the brick panels; that color was good enough to save.

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Kevin, Thanks for opening the WPF. Your nifty double door boxcar lead me to a bit of interesting internet research and from what I gather it was quite a labor intensive & skillful operation loading automobiles into boxcars in the days before auto racks.

WPF is always chock-full-o creativity and modeling goodness.

Thanks to all the contributors, have a good fall weekend, regards, Peter

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Beautifully done,Peter!

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Nice work everyone, This thread is one of the best without fail.

Here’s what I have to offer.

In my opinion, one of the best things about mondern era modeling (and the curse) is NOTHING is too new, and anything older can just be rusted up and aged. These cars made it to the mid 2000s at least, so it’s not a stretch to say they are right at home, serving out their last years in captive service on the Wheeling and Lake Erie. They would be running between Mifflin Junction on the Union Railroad, to a supplier on the west end of the Wheeling and Lake Erie.

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Spot on , Jimmy.

[/url]Police cars by Bear, on Flickr

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Nothing from me on the modeling front this week. Been working a lot, not having time to model, so nothing to show. Maybe tomorrow.

Still, WPF is my favorite. I love this thread. For me, I would say 95% of it is looking and seeing what everyone else is doing.

If I’m not posting, that doesn’t mean I’m not looking. There’s always good things to see here. Always enjoyed and appreciated…Looking good Kids[swg]

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I’ve always considered myself an artist and a Craftsman and still do. I am never too proud to say I have met my match or been exceeded. Exceeded is the key word here.

Hats off to you Peter… Amazing[:|]

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A lot of great photos and modeling done this week… what to Me that stands out the most is Peter’s mini-mart…great job, Peter…

I have been busy with a couple projects which are requiring a lot of time…but I am just about finished with JaBear Construction Co. diorama and will show the results probably next WPF…God willin’.

How about a couple older pic’s from part of the backdrop with background buildings on the ISL of My layout, twi-light and night:

What I did not know at the time the pic’ was taken…that the building on the left was not sitting correctly in the base…so light was shining on the backdrop. All the buildings are removeable, but they have bases that they fit into:

Take Care, All.[:D]

Frank

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We had a house full the last few days so I didn’t get much done. Like Track Fiddler I always check this thread at least a couple of times every day, WPF is my favorite thread.

All the excellent work from everyone is outstanding!!!

Its kinda intimidating to post with so many super skilled modelers, especially this week!

My project for the last couple of weeks has been getting my layout back running. I tore up my control panel to rewire for my Arduino Random lighting Controllers way back in January but my arthritis got the best of me then the Bakersfield heat put a stop to working in the garage. I did get almost everything working, enough to fool all our guests anyway.

Mel


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Thanks to all for your contributions, and thank you for all the kind words on my boxcars. I missed that “painful” typo when I posted it!

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Rick: Thank you for sharing another great photograph.

Paul: The Chooch load sure looks good in the Proto 2000 gondola. The sill steps on those gondolas are a pain, but they look so perfect. On my Tichy gondolas I used A-Line stirrups style “B”, and they work fine and are very tough.

Garry: Those pumpkins are making me realize how close we are to my favorite holiday, only 17 days to go!

Dan: I am looking forward to seeing your shared projects.

Mike: The roundhouse looks so good. I see you parked your locomotives with the boilers out. I usually see the tenders towards the doors in pictures. Is there a reason for this?

Allan: The Train-Phone Antenna is a project for sure. I had to drill out some brass stancions for 0.015" wire once. I found filing the drill bit flat like an end mill made this easier.

Neal: The Tropicana plant is iconic for Florida layout. It looks impressive.

Casey: Those are VERY low sides on the gondola. I always enjoy assembling the Funaro & Camerlengo kits.

Ed: The painted brass diner looks like a great place to eat.

George: It is a lot of work, but marking and painting in layers sure gives a great finish to those buildings.

Peter: I just can’t get over how real the Mini-Mart looks. I want to run inside and get a soda!

Jimmy: Those weathered coil hoods sure look like they had a hard life.

Frank: I am eager to see the finale of the project.

Mel: Getting trains running for guests is always an accomplishment.

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See you all next week.

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-Kevin</